Wednesday, 14 Jul 2021 07:29 AM MYT
Chinese and US flags flutter outside a company building in Shanghai, China. Reuters file pic
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WASHINGTON, July 14 President Joe Biden yesterday nominated Alan Estevez, a former Pentagon official, to be the US Commerce Department’s undersecretary for industry and security, a key post in the US-China tech battle.
The post in the Commerce Department’s once-obscure Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) gained attention in recent years as Washington has escalated its use of export controls to keep China from obtaining US technology.